ONE OF SEVEN IRIDIUM
ONE OF SEVEN IRIDIUM satellites launch-ed on a Proton booster was lost after its thrusters failed, stranding it in parking orbit. It was the second Iridium spacecraft to fail. The venture now has 32 working satellites in orbit--a 94% success rate.
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